Arte.tv:+7 : Unable to extract json vp url

[ghost]

Hello

Arte.tv:+7 : Unable to extract json vp url
Worked like a charm from may 5 2014 to... today

youtube-dl --verbose http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/046983-000/holy-motors?autoplay=1

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/046983-000/holy-motors?autoplay=1']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs UTF-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.04.3
[debug] Python version 2.6.4 - Linux-3.13.2-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[arte.tv:+7] 046983-000: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract json vp url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 523, in extract_info
ie_result = ie.extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 178, in extract
return self._real_extract(url)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py", line 77, in _real_extract
return self._extract_from_webpage(webpage, video_id, lang)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py", line 82, in _extract_from_webpage
webpage, 'json vp url')
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 409, in _html_search_regex
res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
File "/usr/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 399, in _search_regex
raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract json vp url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type youtube-dl -U to update.

Thanks to the team!

[lucc]

get essentially the same error on Mac OSX 10.9 (system python) with youtube-dl installed from homebrew and updated with youtube-dl -U.

[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['--verbose', 'http://www.arte.tv/guide/fr/048763-000/l-urgence-de-ralentir']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out UTF-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2014.09.04.3
[debug] Python version 2.7.5 - Darwin-13.3.0-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[arte.tv:+7] 048763-000: Downloading webpage
ERROR: Unable to extract json vp url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/YoutubeDL.py", line 523, in extract_info
    ie_result = ie.extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 178, in extract
    return self._real_extract(url)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py", line 77, in _real_extract
    return self._extract_from_webpage(webpage, video_id, lang)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py", line 82, in _extract_from_webpage
    webpage, 'json vp url')
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 409, in _html_search_regex
    res = self._search_regex(pattern, string, name, default, fatal, flags)
  File "/usr/local/bin/youtube-dl/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py", line 399, in _search_regex
    raise RegexNotFoundError('Unable to extract %s' % _name)
RegexNotFoundError: Unable to extract json vp url; please report this issue on https://yt-dl.org/bug . Be sure to call youtube-dl with the --verbose flag and include its complete output. Make sure you are using the latest version; type  youtube-dl -U  to update.

[chdorb]

+1
It worked fine last week for Arte+7

[dstftw]

Thanks for the report, fixed. This will be available in the next release of youtube-dl.